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How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate

Harvard Business

While America has continued leading the world in terms of investment in basic science research, it has lost the ability to do the kinds of process improvements that are essential for innovation. For example, France used a combination of national public policy and procurement to build a world-class nuclear power industry.

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The key to becoming a learning organization

Asamby Consulting

If know-how is constantly added to the organization's collective memory, it can improve effortlessly over time High autonomy. If the organization is self-learning, there's no external driver necessary to push trough process improvements etc. Check out our privacy policy. You can unsubscribe at any time. And you change it.

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How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa

Harvard Business

For decades, African governments have used many policy instruments to improve farm productivity. But most farmers are still only marginally improving yields. Some continue to use traditional processes that depend heavily on historical norms, or use tools like hoes and cutlasses that have not evolved for centuries.

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How to Motivate Frontline Employees

Harvard Business

To build a genuine sense of purpose and meaning, the employees in the experiment stores were taught how to connect every product, process, and policy to the benefit and impact they had on customers. If they couldn’t connect an action to a customer outcome, they were taught that it was safe to ask questions until they understood.

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Value-Based Care Alone Won’t Reduce Health Spending and Improve Patient Outcomes

Harvard Business

These community liaisons linked families to community resources, explored community factors potentially affecting asthma, and advocated at the state and local policy level for system changes, such as the cessation of buses idling around schools, which contributes to poor air quality and can trigger an acute asthma attack.

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Determine the ROI of hiring a small business operations consultant

Asamby Consulting

Here are some examples for the field of process improvement. Process Improvement Process improvement work can have different types of outcomes: Decreased process time Better results, increased quality More results, increased quantity More consistent results, increased stability Now what does that mean for your return on investment?

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Driving Digital Transformation in Aerospace & Defense: Recent Technology Trends

Epicflow

The technology allows A&D organizations to transform their manufacturing processes, improve safety, optimize customer service, system management, and, of course, transform military operations. The use of artificial intelligence in aerospace and defense is growing – it drives innovations both in manufacturing and on the battlefield.

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